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  1. shinichi Post author

    La Biblioteca Vasconcelos de la Ciudad de México es un recinto bibliográfico ubicado al norte de la capital mexicana, contigua a la antigua estación de trenes de Buenavista y al Tianguis Cultural del Chopo. Está dedicada al filósofo, educador y candidato presidencial José Vasconcelos, quien fue presidente de la Biblioteca Nacional de México y promotor activo de la lectura a principios del siglo XX. También fue llamada “megabiblioteca” por la prensa mexicana. El proyecto impulsado por la entonces presidenta de Conaculta, Sari Bermúdez, fue inaugurado en el 2006 durante la administración del presidente Vicente Fox Quesada. Es obra de los arquitectos Alberto Kalach y Juan Palomar de la firma TAX Alberto Kalach y cuenta con un diseño que permite ampliar la estantería para hacer crecer su acervo, que oficialmente es de 575 mil libros.

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  2. shinichi Post author

    Jose Vasconcelos Library, Mexico City

    designed by the Mexican architect, Alberto Kalach

    (2002)

    Alberto Kalach was born in Mexico City, studied architecture at the Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico City, and completed graduate studies later at Cornell University in Ithaca. In 1981 he founded the firm “Taller de Arquitectura X” with Daniel Álvarez, with whom he worked until 2002, when Álvarez left the firm. While he continues to direct TAX, in 2002 his interests also turned to the urban planning problems of his home town, and founded the community “México: future city” (México: ciudad futura). He realized several joint projects, some of them with notable colleagues like Teodoro González de León, Gustavo Lipkau and Jose Castillo. His lake concepts were significant in solving existing water supply problems in Mexico City. He published several articles in national and international magazines of architecture, and participates in the “Recovering the City of Lakes” project(Vuelta a la ciudad lacustre).

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